Sony Corporation (hereafter, "Sony") today announced the
commercialization of two new "Exmor R" back-illuminated CMOS image
sensors with dramatically improved photographic performance including
significantly high sensitivity and low noise. In addition, Sony will
launch two new lens modules equipped with these image sensors, which
also include the smallest and thinnest*1 model for mobile phones. This is also the first time that "Exmor R" is commercialized for the use in mobile phones.